We're a group of friendly kinky people in Butte County and Shasta County, California. We look just like you.

In fact, if you found this website, we probably are just like you -- ordinary people who happen to share an interest in exploring Domination, Submission, Bondage, Discipline, Sadism and/or Masochism in a safe, sane, and consensual manner. Have you been reading "Fifty Shades of Grey," and wondering what the BDSM world isreallyabout?

This website is a social-community resource for people who share an interest in the safe practice of BDSM, and a source of information about things related to BDSM.

We hold two monthly munches in Chico, CA,

on the 2nd Saturday of the month, from 1pm to 3pm. Also on one of the Thursday evenings, as announced on FL.

We also hold one to two monthly munches in Redding, CA, usually on the 1st Tuesday evening (7:00-9:00pm) and on the 3rd Thursday of the month (7:00-9:00pm).

Each month, there will be reminders of the munch dates, time, and location at the bottom of this page (or if this page isn't updated, see here on Fetlife.

A munch is simply a lunch or dinner in a public restaurant - a friendly, non-threatening, social event where like-minded people gather in ordinary street clothes to have lunch together, get to know each other, and discuss their common interest in BDSM. It is no different than a lunch meeting of a book club or any other club -- except we might be more likely to be discussing the works of deSade than Jane Austen. We might be talking about E.L. James' "Fifty Shades of Grey," but mostly because she got the safety aspects wrong.

We get together at munches to have fun, talk, and meet other folks in the scene. There is no BDSM-related attire or play at a munch. Only lunch, conversation, and a safe and comfortable opportunity to meet new friends. Read more about munches here

Interested? You can read most of the site's content as a guest, but to access the forum and more advanced content, you will need to create an account, and verify your email address. [The verification email is sent immediately. PLEASE remember to check your SPAM folder for it -- Yahoo seems to screen many of the emails to spam. If you don't get the confirmation email immediately, you can request that it be re-sent from "edit Profile"/]

Whether you come to munches so that you can meet other kinky people like yourself; just participate in the online community; or just read the information, welcome! If you're interested in attending, you'll probably want to join FetLife.com if you haven't already - it's the Facebook of kinky people. You can always find current munch and event schedules for Chico and Redding on Fetlife, in the forums listed below in "Other Resources".

The most active resource for the kink community is http://fetlife.com - we highly recommend signing up for a totally free membership there, and exploring the resources and our more up-to-date schedules of events and happenings in the groups above!

Do check out the articles and the video blog, using the menu on the left.